Display device



Jan. 5, 1932.

F. H. LANG ET AL DISPLAY DEVICE Filed Aug. l. 1929 5 MMM Additional objects Hand advantag'es will Patented Jan. 5, 1932 PATENT ,oir-.FICE

nanna-niov er. LANG Air-n NATHAN n. van STONE, for CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, AssIGNons/ To THE sHERWIN-WILLIAMS co'iirmm'ir,l or CLEVELAND, OHIO, A CORPORATION .or

Application iafsugust 1, 129. *serial 110.382,75?-

This Ainvention relates to a display device, and .more particularly to 'a device fordisplaying the eect of finishing" an object or structure in various colors or color combinations. rlhe invention will be described withreference to Ia device for displaying the eie'ctoi iinishing automobile bodies in various colors or color' combinations, butit should be under-4 stood that `the utility of thed'evice is `not limited to thisparticular application, since i'toould be used advantageously for displaying the eiiect of different colors or color combinations to be employed in the iinishing of any structure or article, such as an auto'fy mobile body, railway coach, airplane ory 5 'or combinations.

Another object is to `.provide afdeviceof this lcharacter wherein the 'changes from one color or color combination to any other color or color combination may Abe 'readily and 'quickly accomplished.

become apparent hereinafter.

.Certain embodiments of. the invention are illustrated in theV accompanying drawings whereinn Fig. 1 is a iront elevational view ofone form;V y 7,

`Fig. 2 is afragmentary irontgelev'ation-of a slightly modiiied form ofthe? device;

Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken substantially on. line 3 3 of VF ig. lilooking in the direction .of theiarrows; j

Fig. l is a. fragmentary perspective detail of one manner of connectingthe panels; and

Fig. 5 is a similar viewillustrating another manner of connecting the panels.

In the drawings, the device illustrated isy particularly useful for displaying the eiect of various colors or color combinations With which it is proposed to finish automobilev ranged in the'fram'e as will be described here bodies, since such 'fdevi'ce may representa door, a "quarter panel', a tonneau panel, o'r any other part 'of the exterior surface of the automobile bo'dy In the specific instance it is proposed to'have the device constructed 'so 55 Vthat various ycolors or color combinations,

jwith which "an automobile body may be finished, can be conveniently and 'quickly displayed to a proposed purchaser, and particularly to the Vpurchasing or 'designing de- 60 partments of automobile body manufacturers and to customers of reinrshingshops.'

In the i'orms shown ay frame is provided whiohmay be of the ull sizeof the average automobile door, panel or section, orii desi'red, for the purposes of oonven1ence,it may' ybe reduced in size.` IThis frame is Jr'ormed at its 'top and bottom and on one side edge of strips 10, of lany desirable material, 'suitably connected at their meeting ends and pro vvided throughout their lengthswit-h a groove il extending inwardly'fromthe inner side of each strip.V The other longitudinal Ledge of 'the frame is formed of a flat strip 12 suitably Aconnected with the end stripsv l() and having "its upper-,surface in alignment with one side foi the grooves l1 in the strips l0.V It 'should bestated at this time that although'the strips l0 have been described as being integral, they could 'each equally y*asl well be formed of a plurality of strips joined together so as to providea groove between' their adjacent 'surfaces'e'xtending inwardly from vtheinner side of theV strips. vIt shouldalso be noted that the two end 'strips are provided withportions 13 extending inwardlyv of the ramelfrom the groove 11 `so 'as'to'form a better support for the panels ofdiierent colors which are arinafter. y v lIn Fig. l, thereis 'shown an arrangement of panels of various colors, these panels being indicated the numerals 24, 25 andjQ'T.

Themeeting'ed'ges of these panels are preer- ,9:5

4ably 'formed with beads such as Athose indicated at 26 vand 28 in Figs't and 5. According to this construction the :bead-26 is'ad'apted y" to 'betelescoped "with the bead Q8, as shown in Fig. 5, for a stri-ip 29, simulating a molding, may be combined withthe panels as shown in kTOO Fig. 4. The strip 29 is provided with beads, as indicated at 30 and 3l, to telescope with the beads 26 and 28, respectively.

The panels 24, 25 and 27 may be displayed 5 with or without the frame, above described,

and when the frame is not used the connections between the panels, as illustrated in Figs. 4 and 5, will retain them in any relation in which they are assembled. It will be understood that in order to permit different relative arrangements of the several panels, the meeting edges of the panels 24 and 25 will be provided with beads similar' to the beads 26 and 28 so that, when desired, the panel 24 may be connected directly to the panel 27, in the manner illustrated in Fig. 5, or the strip 29 may be used to connect the panels 24 and 27. In some instances it may be desired to show the effect of a relatively broad molding or band between the panels 24 and 27 and this arrangement is illustrated in Fig. 2 wherein the strip 20 is used in place of the panel 25. It will be understood that upper and lower edges of the strip 2() will be provided with beads similar to the beads 3() and 31 on the strip 29.

TVhen the panels are used with the above described frame the edges of the panels are positioned in the grooves 11 and a. retaining strip 21 is positioned on the strip 12 and held thereon by a number of dowel pins 22 which engage holes 23 in the strip 12.

In Fig. 2 the retaining strip 2l is shown as connected to the flat strip 12 by means of a piano hinge 24, in which case it is merely necessary to fold the strip over upon the flat strip 1.2, suitable means being provided, if desired, to hold the strip in suoli position.

From the foregoing description the advanta yes of the invention will become apparent. t is clear that a display device thus constructed presents a novel and easy way of displaying new colors and different color combinations to the public, and especially the proposed color combinations for automobile bodies to the purchasing agents and designing engineers of automobile or automobile body manufacturers or concerns which build airplanes, railway coaches and other structures. It is not necessary for the salesman to carry with him a number of model doors, panels or sections showing different color combinations, since the one frame can be used with any number of differently colored panels to show any proposed or suggested color combination. Because of this, the frame may be made full size, and, therefore, the colored panels supported in the frame will more accurately and clearly give the finished effect of an automobile body finished in the different color combinations. Not only will the device have particular utility in displaying color combinations to large purchasers, but it also has utility in re-paint shops to display to prospective customers the effect of different color combinations. It should be understood that when it is desired to have the frame represent an automobile door that the upper panel may be omitted to provide the window.

Although certain embodiments of the invention have been illustrated and described herein, it is not intended to limit the invention thereto, except insofar as the scope of the appended claims so limits it.

Having thus described our invention, we claim:

1. A display device of the character described comprising a display surface presented by upper and lower colored panels having opposed curled adjacent edges, and an intermediate colored panel comprisin a part of the display surface for detachab y securing said panels together. said intermediate panel having opposite edge portions bent inwardly to overlie the adjacent edges of said upper and lower panels on the dis )lay surface and curled outwardly around tlie curled edges of the upper and lower panels to detachably secure said panels together.

2. A display7 device comprising a pair of spaced, colored, interchangeable panels coniprising a part of the display surface, an intermediate panel also forming a part of the display surface simulating a raised portion of an automobile body having inwardly bent flanges reversed upon themselves to provide longitudinal grooves into which adjacent edges of the first mentioned panels extend.

3. A display device of the character described comprising a display surface presented by upper and lower colored panels having opposed curled edges, and an intermediate panel comprising a part of the display surface, said intermediate panel having opposite edge portions encircling said curled edges and serving to unite the display surfaces and said first mentioned panels into a common display.

4. A display device of the character described comprising a display surface presented by upper and lower colored panels having opposed curled edges` and an intermediate panel lying in a plane with said first mentioned panels and comprising a part of the display surface, said intermediate panel having opposite edge portions encircling said curled edges and serving to unite the display surfaces and said first mentioned panels into a common display.

In testimony whereof, we hereunto affix our signatures.

FREDERIC H. LANG.

NATHAN E. VAN STONE.

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